Andean forest and paramo ecosystems surrounded by the song of birds in their natural habitat and the whistle in the distance from the imposing mountains. In this three-day trek, the local community that lives with the cold of the mountain, and you will be able to share interesting memories about the resistance, the dedication of the community and the peace of waking up at the dawn, its customs and traditions as a fundamental part of an experience living in the paramo.
Just as no one of the local farmers of the mountain would change its life there for nothing, this experience will become the trek of your life. It is a simple way, to contemplate the outside, learn in silence and listen to your heart.
3 days - 2 nights
Specific Tour
English, Espanol
10 people
We ask all walkers to please arrive the day before in Salento to acclimatise, have a virtual briefing and check that you have the right equipment for the activity.
After taking a local breakfast, we will start our walk until we reach another farm well known by the majestic old pine close to it, called Buenos Aires, this will be a 3 km route, approximately 3 hours of walking, from here we will start an ascent with a big inclination until we reach the paramo ecosystem, weather depending we will be able to see the Nevado del Tolima, some eagles and different animals of the paramo.
Our path will be marked by descents and ascents crossing the Cárdenas River basin at 4,045 in the paramo ecosystem where we can see the Paramillo del Quindío, which rises in the background dressed in brown rainbows making a rugged contrast with the magic of its swamps, a landscape to admire in silence while our eyes light up. It is optional to walk 7 km more until we reach the base of the Paramillo del Quindío, a scenario of bright green colors, small and deep pictures of water, ribbons of moss that lead back to childhood, from this place we will see closely the remains of the snow that previously inhabited it and the volcanic rock formations that seem to have fallen from another planet.
Then we will start our way back to La Primavera farm where we will have dinner and spend the night in dormitories.
We will take breakfast to start crossing the paramo ecosystem and get to Cerro la Virgen at 3,800 masl, from this point we say goodbye to the paramo ecosystem to continue to the Cocora Valley on a route surrounded by lush forest, we will make a stop at the Estrella de Agua farm at 3,150 meters and we will have a picnic.
We will continue the path for 9 km passing between the Aliso Forest and Andean Forest until we reach the Cocora Valley, from this point a jeep Willys will take us back to Salento where our trek ends.
If you are a lover of chocolate and nature and want to learn how cocoa is produced, you can’t stop living this experience on a producing farm, where you will learn the artisanal transformation of the fruit.
4 hours
9 people
The Travesía Caminos del Arriero by bicycle was born in honor of the Colombian muleteer, that character who, together with a mule or cargo animal, faced the harsh mountain topography of Colombia. Find out now.
7 hours
9 people
You will discover the cultural richness inherited from the Antioquia colonization in the municipality of Marseille, and then take a typical transport in Willys to a cocoa farm, where you will enjoy a delicious drink after toasting.
8 hours
2 people
The tour starts at 7:00 am. to a private farm in the municipality of Filandia, where on arrival the guide specialized in birds awaits us and will take us to discover a biodiverse path of 3 kms.
9 hours
2 people
